News & Articles Archive 2002-2004

"Windows Plus Real Time on a Single CPU: A Marriage of Control and Flexibility"

Paul Fischer, TenAsys Corporation
RTC Magazine, November, 2004
PC technology and standard Windows operating systems can be combined with a real-time extension to build highly reliable and extensible real-time platforms, adopting a “single-computer dual-OS” system approach.
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"Real-Time Operating Systems: INtime Architecture"

Chris Main, TenAsys Corporation
Microsoft Developers Network (MSDN), September, 2003
The Microsoft® Windows® XP and Windows XP Embedded operating systems are increasingly being selected for dedicated applications where some deterministic behavior is required. Windows XP Embedded, based on the same binaries as the Windows XP desktop software, is the best choice of platform in many respects, but Windows XP Embedded and Windows XP alone cannot manage the strict determinism required of such systems and it is necessary to enhance the platform with real-time capabilities. The case for adding real-time extensions to the Windows XP platform has been made many times. Many solutions exist which provide some real-time capability at the Windows XP kernel device driver level, but this class of solution does not allow for a robust applications environment sufficient for ease of applications development and to allow for scaling across a wide spectrum of applications classes. This paper examines how TenAsys Corporation's INtime software not only adds deterministic behavior for applications but also allows those real-time applications to exist in an environment which is robust, reliable, and scalable.
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"Managing a Real-Time Hardware Interface with INtime and Windows XP Embedded"

Chris Main, TenAsys Corporation
Microsoft Developers Network (MSDN), September, 2003
Microsoft® Windows® XP Embedded is a good platform to consider in designing a dedicated application from the point of view of features, footprint management, and the wealth of support and applications available. However, when an application requires real-time performance from a hardware interface, a real-time extension is required, along with some partition of the platform and the application. Time-critical threads must be executed under a real-time kernel, and interrupt resources must be dedicated to the hardware under that scheduler.
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"A Critical Look at Embedding Windows into Medical Instrumentation Applications"

Kim Hartman, TenAsys Corporation
Medical Electronics Manufacturing's Designers Guide, Fall, 2002
Windows is the most widely available operating system for the PC platform, but what are its benefits and limitations for deterministic responsiveness?
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